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IBM CIO Discusses Efficacy and Future of Flash
In their ongoing coverage of IBM Edge Stu Miniman and Dave Vellante speak with Kevin Powell, Business Line FlashSystems Manager. The three discuss the many functions of Flash, IBM’s unique tech offerings and the importance of fully integrated solutions. Powell explains that the focus of IBM Edge was not just Flash Systems products, but offerings ...
HP GM of Emerging Technologies Says Big Data is “Absolutely Real”
Andrew Joiner, GM of Emerging Technologies for HP join John Furrier and Dave Vellante in theCube for Discover 2013. The three discuss important business trends in big data and what HP has to offer, especially concerning autonomy technology. Joiner and Furrier discuss important shift in business noting that an important trend is the breaking down ...
Sanbolic Sees Future for Software Defined World
In their ongoing coverage of IBM Edge, Dave Vellante and Stu Miniman speak with Eva Helena of Sanbolic. The three discuss Sanbolic’s data product suite, software defined data centers and the evolution of storage stacks for the software defined world. Helena explains that Sanbolic’s data product suite creates one pool of the storage that can ...
IBM Chief Scientist Explains G2 Innovation
In their ongoing coverage of IBM Edge Dave Vellante and Stu Miniman speak with Jeff Jonas, IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist. The three discuss the success and applicability of his G2 invention, why data errors are sometimes useful and the future of IBM technological innovation. G2 is designed to integrate very diverse datasets and was ...
IBM Chief Technical Strategist Explains Complexity of Metadata
In their onogoing coverage of IBM Edge 2013, John Furrier and Dave Vellante and John Furrier spoke with IBM Chief Technical Strategist, Storage, Clod Barrera. The three discussed flash, metadata (particularly in light of NSA concerns), and what Barrera believes is an important tech trend. Barrera explains that when it comes to future applications of ...
IBM VP of Innovation Explains the Importance of Collaboration and “The Impossible” in Tech
In their ongoing coverage of IBM Edge 2013, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with Bernie Meyerson, IBM VP of Innovation. The three discussed new technological innovations, particularly concerning machine learning, collaboration and mobile. Myerson asks Furrier and Vellante to imagine a point at which a machine has the same input/output as human beings. He ...
Intel CIO Discusses the Modern Enterprise and Why SANS are History
Kim Stevenson, CIO Intel joined John Furrier and Dave Vellante in theCube in their ongoing coverage of IBM Edge 2013. The three discuss how a modern enterprise operates in the “sharing economy”, how big data can drive competitive advantage and why people don’t buy technology, but the benefits that it delivers. Kim Stevenson begins by ...
IBM CTO Discusses Utility of Flash
In their ongoing coverage of IBM Edge 2013, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with John Borkenhagen, IBM CTO System X and BladeCenter. The three discuss disruptive technology, the blurring line between storage and servers. Borkenhagen suggests when it comes to a big shift around storage, the big disruptive technology is flash memory. If a server ...
New Instafeed App Gives Instagramaholics Curation Capability
For many people Instagram is not just an app, its an addiction. The new free Instafeed iOS app gives instagramaholics a way to organize, sort and track the many images their glued to for most of the day. Instafeed allows users to customize and browse instagram feeds and explore pre-curated feeds in various categories. According to ...
Looking for Entrepreneurial Inspiration? Meet your New Media Guru
Think big and go hard. Combining an international perspective and “by any means necessary” business models, offshore web development and digital marketing agency New Media Guru is developing a new inspiring campaign for entrepreneurs. To commemorate its 8th anniversary, New Media Guru is making monthly updates to its blog with case studies of entrepreneurs who ...